Bill Gatesfounder and former Microsoft CEO, gave a talk at the ASU+GSV Summit, held in San Diego, and gave his opinion on the impact that the artificial intelligence (AI) in the different educational and labor sectors. In that regard, he stated that he will be “as good a tutor as any human” and that investments “from the private sector will play a key role.”
The billionaire, graduated from harvard, He stated that AI “will create new levels of equity”, because students will be able to access a quality education regardless of the economic resources they have. In turn, he added that technology will help students who “cannot afford individual private tutoring. Technology will finally fill that void,” added the creator of the operating system. Windows.
Right now, the man who revolutionized the digital age has a fortune valued at 112 billion dollars. Founding the software company in 1986 and over the years becoming one of the richest men on the planet, he is also one of the world’s leading philanthropists, heading, along with his partner, the Melinda & Bill Gates Foundation.
On the other hand, Bill Gates released a new forecast and it would affect the educational and labor market. The billionaire believes that AI is especially useful in “reading and writing.” Furthermore, he stated that it “could function as a reading and research assistant”. Despite the great advance of artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT, the tycoon considers that “they are not yet so solid in mathematics”. “Within the next 18 months also for mathematics. I am quite optimistic that the field of education will improve,” concluded the computer scientist.
In the sense of learning, Gates recommends incorporating the habit of learning something new every day. In addition, he aims to read about 50 books a year and spends an hour a day reading and learning. For this reason, the tycoon invests in education, since he considers that he is the most profitable and beneficial asset in the long term. Surprisingly for many, one of the billionaire’s frequent tips is not to waste time checking social networks, since he considers them to be very common problems in today’s society.
by RN